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(Amended by Ord. No. 152,387, Eff. 5/17/79.)
(a) Every person, firm, partnership, association, trustee, or corporation which owns, operates, manages, leases or rents a gasoline service station or other facility offering for sale, selling, or otherwise dispensing gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel to the public from such a facility abutting or adjacent to a street or highway shall post, or cause to be posted or displayed, and maintain and shall keep current at the premises from which said retailer offers sale, sells or otherwise dispenses gasoline or other motor vehicle
fuel, at least one sign, banner or other advertising medium which is clearly visible from all traffic lanes in each direction on such street or highway.
Each said sign, banner or other advertising medium shall be readable from said traffic lanes and shall accurately indicate thereon the minimum and maximum limits, if any, of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel which will be sold thereat to any one purchaser at any one time for use in a motor vehicle and shall further set forth the hours and days said service facility will be open to the public for said purposes.
No changes in such availability of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel shall be made with respect to the hours or days the facility will be open as above provided, or as to maximum or minimum limits or amounts to be sold, without such change or changes being first shown on such posted sign, banner or advertising medium.
(b) Each sign, banner or other advertising medium posted, displayed or maintained pursuant to requirements of this section shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of Article 8 of Chapter 7 of Division 8 (Sections 20880, et seq.) of the State of California Business and Professions Code.
No person shall keep, maintain or display on the premises of any motor vehicle service station, motor vehicle garage, gasoline service station or filling station, any sign, banner, streamer or card, or other advertising medium indicating or showing the price of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel sold, offered for sale or advertised for sale, unless the price per gallon, including all taxes, is quoted or shown on the sign, banner, streamer, card or other advertising medium, together with the brand name or trade name of such gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel sold, offered for sale or advertised for sale, from such premises, provided, that if the gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel sold, offered for sale or advertised for sale is not sold under any trade name or brand name, then the same must be designated as “No Brand.”
Each and all letters, words, figures, numerals used, placed or indicated on any such sign, banner, streamer, or other advertising medium shall be uniform in size, provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to signs required to be placed on pumps or other gasoline or motor vehicle fuel dispensing apparatus referred to in Section 28.16.
(Added by Ord. No. 86,898.)
(a) Definitions:
1. Kosher: this term is used herein as defined in Section 383b of the Penal Code of California;
2. Kosher Shop: any place of business where meat, meat products or any foodstuffs are sold, and where, or in connection with which, the word “Kosher” in English or any other language or any word or expression of similar import or effect, or any six pointed star, or any other advertisement, token, symbol or representation calculated to indicate that Kosher products are sold therein, is used or displayed; any place of business where oral representations are made, expressly or by implication or insinuation, that Kosher products are there handled; and any place of business advertised as handling Kosher products, or advertised in a manner calculated to indicate that Kosher products are there available.
(b) Sale of Non-Kosher Products Prohibited – When. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person who operates any Kosher shop to sell, offer for sale, or display therein any non-Kosher meat, meat products or food products containing meat, unless all such non-Kosher articles are kept in one or more display cases, vessels or containers which are physically separated from those containing Kosher articles, and which are clearly marked and identified as required by Section 383b of the Penal Code.
(c) It shall be a misdemeanor for any person who operates a Kosher shop, or who makes any sale therein, to sell any non-Kosher meat or meat products unless at the time of such sale the person informs the purchaser that the article is not Kosher. Provided, however, that the requirement of this subsection shall be deemed complied with if the package or wrapper enclosing the non-Kosher article sold has affixed thereto, or printed thereon, so as to be plainly visible to the purchaser at the time of the sale, the word “non-Kosher” in letters of a stroke at least one inch high and at least one- eighth of an inch wide, together with the equivalent thereof in clearly legible English or any other language.
(Added by Ord. No. 187,650, Eff. 12/5/22.)
(a) Definitions.
1. Abortion Care: shall mean any medical treatment intended to induce the termination of a pregnancy except for the purpose of producing a live birth.
2. City: shall mean the City of Los Angeles.
3. Emergency Contraception: shall mean one or more prescription drugs (1) used separately or in combination, to prevent pregnancy, when administered to or self-administered by a patient, within a medically-recommended amount of time after sexual intercourse; (2) dispensed for that purpose in accordance with professional standards of practice; and (3) determined by the United States Food and Drug Administration to be safe for that purpose.
4. Pregnancy-Related Services: shall mean services provided or offered to a person who is or may be pregnant, including any of the following: pregnancy testing, pregnancy diagnosis, obstetric ultrasounds, obstetric sonograms, or Prenatal Care.
5. Pregnancy Services Center: shall mean a facility, licensed or unlicensed, and including mobile facilities, the primary purpose of which is to provide services (professional or otherwise) including referrals to people who are or may be pregnant.
6. Prenatal Care: shall mean services consisting of physical examination, pelvic examination, or clinical laboratory services provided to a pregnant person. Clinical laboratory services refers to the microbiological, serological, chemical, hematological, biophysical, cytological, or pathological examination of materials derived from the human body, for purposes of obtaining information, for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of disease, or the assessment of health condition.
(b) Prohibited Activities. It is unlawful for any Pregnancy Services Center to make an advertising statement that a reasonable consumer would believe indicates that the Pregnancy Services Center provides Abortion Care, Emergency Contraception, Prenatal Care, or any other Pregnancy-Related Service, despite the Pregnancy Services Center not providing that service, or not making a timely referral to a qualified service provider both with respect to the consumer in question (in a private right of action), and as part of the Pregnancy Services Center’s business practice.
1. Disclaimers. The presence of a disclaimer shall be relevant to determining whether an advertisement would likely mislead a reasonable consumer into believing that the Pregnancy Services Center provides Abortion Care, Emergency Contraception, Prenatal Care, or any other Pregnancy- Related Service. Among other things, the trier of fact shall evaluate the location of the disclaimer relative to the advertisement’s affirmative statements, as well as the disclaimer’s prominence, font size, and other characteristics, when determining whether the advertisement would likely mislead a reasonable consumer.
(c) Civil Enforcement. The City Attorney in the name of the People of the State of California or any aggrieved consumer of Pregnancy Service Center services may enforce the provisions of this section through a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. In an action brought by the People or an aggrieved consumer, the court, upon finding that a Pregnancy Services Center has violated any provision of this article, may:
1. Impose statutory penalties up to $10,000 per violation, to be recovered from the Pregnancy Services Center and each and every person who has violated this section.
2. Order injunctive relief compelling compliance with any provision of this article and correcting the effects of false, misleading, or deceptive advertising.
3. Award restitution.
4. Award to a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs.
In an action brought by an aggrieved consumer of Pregnancy Service Center services, the court may also award compensatory damages, punitive damages, or other compensation or relief as the court deems necessary to remedy the effects of the false, misleading, or deceptive advertising.
(d) Nonexclusive Remedies and Penalties. The remedies provided in this section are not exclusive, and nothing in this section shall be interpreted as restricting or otherwise limiting the enforcement authority that state law or the Charter or Los Angeles Municipal Code vest in the City, its agencies, officers, or employees, or any state agency, or as precluding an aggrieved Pregnancy Services Center consumer from seeking any other remedies provided by law. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as restricting, precluding or otherwise limiting a separate or concurrent criminal prosecution under the Municipal Code or state law. Jeopardy shall not attach as a result of any court action to enforce the provisions of this section.
(e) Severability. If any provision of this section is found to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, that invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of this section which can be implemented without the invalid provisions, and to this end, the provisions of this section are declared to be severable. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this section and each provision thereof irrespective of whether any one or more provisions are found invalid, unconstitutional, or otherwise unenforceable.
Any Automobile Wrecker licensed by the State of California who obtains actual possession as a transferee of a vehicle which is subject to registration under the California Vehicle Code for the purpose of wrecking or dismantling the vehicle shall forward, within 24 hours, notification of acquiring such vehicle to the Records and Identification Division of the Los Angeles Police Department on a form specified by the Los Angeles Police Department. (Added by Ord. No. 122,360, Eff. 8/9/62.)